Biggest of the year

[Bluebasser86]

It's a rare occasion that I put a trailer hook on a buzzbait, but I'm sure glad I did.

5 pounds 14 ounces.

They bite was HOT Thursday.

[roadwarrior]

 

 

                                       

[soflabasser]

Nice one!

[jbw252]

Wow - great catch. So I guess you'll be adding a trailer hook to your buzzbait a little more often?  It's tricky because they cure the short strike, yet hang up depending on where you are fishing.  Congrats.

[Bankbeater]

That's one nice bass right there!

[A-Jay]

Great Bass Blue ~

That had to be fun

Congrats

A-Jay

[Catt]

The last picture says it all.

[S. Sass]

19 minutes ago, Catt said:

The last picture says it all.

I agree when your thumb looks like that it was a good day. 

Congrats on the nice catch. 

[A-Jay]

 BTW ~ I may have to frame & hang your shredded thumb picture in my tackle room.

Just so I can refer to it occasionally during the hard water season . . .

A-Jay

[everythingthatswims]

Nice fish! I will never throw a buzzbait without a trailer hook! Something tells me you might keep one on a little more often now too.

[Catt]

The thumb means ya catching em but when those teeth marks are down near your palm ya catching hawgs!

[fisherrw]

That's awesome I've only had a few days in my life my thumb was torn up that bad!! Congrats!

[shimmy]

Great fish man! Buzzbait bass are so much fun. Overcast days like that are so hard not to only throw the jig

 

[whitwolf]

Nice work, Blue!

[Molay1292]

That thumb thing is a good problem to have.   Nice catch.

 

[kickerfish1]

Nice fish and congrats on the 2016 PB Largie!

[Bluebasser86]

On 9/10/2016 at 8:42 PM, Catt said:

The thumb means ya catching em but when those teeth marks are down near your palm ya catching hawgs!

"Bass palm", as I call it, is always a good thing. I've also got a case of flathead knuckles after another accidental catch during our tournament last Tuesday night. 

["hamma"]

Nice fish!,   I hope she gave you a good fight.,.... And isnt it a shame your thumb and palm need more recouping, than you do yourself?  Got to love those days.

Congrats blue!

 

[Fisher-O-men]

Better than dishpan hands by a long shot!

[fishinfiend]

very nice!

[senile1]

Nice fish, Blue!  

On 9/10/2016 at 10:22 AM, A-Jay said:

 BTW ~ I may have to frame & hang your shredded thumb picture in my tackle room.

Just so I can refer to it occasionally during the hard water season . . .

A-Jay

A-Jay, just keep some coarse grit sand paper handy during the winter and scuff up your own thumb when you need to experience "bass thumb."

[J Francho]

Nice!!!!

[A-Jay]

5 hours ago, senile1 said:

Nice fish, Blue!  

A-Jay, just keep some coarse grit sand paper handy during the winter and scuff up your own thumb when you need to experience "bass thumb."

Not a bad Idea.

But I'm a purest, and it's just not the same.

 That "Smell" would be absent - and that's at least half the fun.

A-Jay

[Paul Roberts]

That's a darn good fish. 

[Hog Basser]

Very nice!  I hope to have that same thumb when I head to the pond next weekend!